The use of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) to treat ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms has increased over the past decade. Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is condition that describes a bulging, weak spot in the abdominal aorta. Rupture of the bulge is a...
Bacterial gastroenteritis is a diagnosis that medical billing outsourcing companies frequently see. Gastroenteritis causes the stomach and intestines to become irritated and inflamed. While many gastrointestinal infections are caused by viruses, bacterial infections...
On October 1, 2017, practice management and electronic health record systems updated the code sets for pain medicine. New ICD-10 codes in 2018 allow pain physicians and medical coding outsourcing companies to report spinal stenosis with a higher level of specificity...
Recent reports show that there is no decline in obesity rates in the US. According to a recently released CDC study, the overall rate of obese adults rose from 33.7 percent in 2007 to 39.6 percent in 2016. This is despite the public health campaign to rein in the...
Those interested in sports will be quite familiar with the term “Patellar tendonitis”. Also referred to as “jumper’s knee”, it is a knee injury affecting the patella tendon. It is common in professional athletes, especially basket ball...
